On March 5, 1824, the British governor-general of India, Lord Amherst, declared war on the Burmese empire. The ensuing Anglo-Burmese Wars marked the end of a golden age for what is now Myanmar ...

Bhagyachandra was the father of Gambhir Singh who shifted to the palace in 1827 after the liberation of Manipur from Burmese occupation following the Anglo-Burmese war. The palace also served as ...